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It’s the time of year that Kansas City becomes a basketball mecca. NAIA, Big 12 Tourney, First and second rounds of NCAA’s March Madness.My parents loved basketball. They always took us out of school to attend the NAIA tournament, complete with our own brackets to…

Center of the World 1 Center of the World Drive Felicity, CA 760-572-0100 The Center of the World sits in a far more rugged and less populated environment, near the Imperial Sand Dunes in California’s southeast corner. But it has a pyramid, some winding stairs…

Skip Maisel’s Indian Jewelry 510 Central Ave SW Albuquerque, NM (505) 242-6526 website Built by Morris Maisel in the late 1930’s, on old Route 66, it is now a Route 66 landmark. During its heyday in the late 40s and early 50s, he employed over…

Claude Bell’s Dinosaurs 50800 Seminole Dr Cabazon, CA 951-849-8309 Also known as the Cabazon Dinosaurs and Claude Bell’s Dinos, since they were prominently featured in Mr. Herman’s Big Adventure. Claude Bell made ’em from leftover highway construction materials to lure traffic in off of I-10,…

Winchester Mystery House 525 South Winchester Boulevard San Jose, CA 408 247-2101 website Built: 1884 – 1922 In 1884, a wealthy widow named Sarah L. Winchester began a construction project of such magnitude that it was to occupy the lives of carpenters and craftsmen until…

Loretto Chapel 207 Old Santa Fe Trail Santa Fe, NM (505) 982-0092 website When the Loretto Chapel was completed in 1878, there was no way to access the choir loft twenty-two feet above. Carpenters were called in to address the problem, but they all concluded…

Ames Brothers Pyramid East of Laramie on I-80 Laramie, WY Roadside monument The high point of the Transcontinental Railroad was marked by this massive self-serving monument to the money men behind it – one of whom later ended up being kicked out of the Senate…